TEXTILE EMBELLISHMENT I

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Acquire a deepened understanding of the importance of reflection in creative work (learning to pay attention to what you love; what you want to find out; what captures your imagination; and what questions the work suggests). Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize the value of critical thinking and research as it applies to creative work. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Produce a small collection of embellishment samples showing thoughtful experiential engagement with embroidery, beadwork, and fabric collage. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Create an original textile work informed by and honoring a textile tradition originating on the African continent. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Originate one ambitious, thoughtfully considered work informed by your individual, emerging creative practice, and making use of the embellishment techniques introduced in the class. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Demonstrate public presentation skills appropriate to the discussion of creative research. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Acquire a deepened understanding of the importance of reflection in creative work (learning to pay attention to what you love; what you want to find out; what captures your imagination; and what questions the work suggests). Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize the value of critical thinking and research as it applies to creative work. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Produce a small collection of embellishment samples showing thoughtful experiential engagement with embroidery, beadwork, and fabric collage. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Create an original textile work informed by and honoring a textile tradition originating on the African continent. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Originate one ambitious, thoughtfully considered work informed by your individual, emerging creative practice, and making use of the embellishment techniques introduced in the class. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Demonstrate public presentation skills appropriate to the discussion of creative research. Audience: Undergraduate